Problem playing Atari 8bit game Dandy

RetroArch Windows devices
#1

I want to play the old Dandy game with 4 players. I’m using the default configuration for my wireless 8BitDo controllers, which seem to work well. The players can eat food by typing 1-4 on the PC keyboard as expected from the Dandy manual. We’re supposed to detonate bombs we carry by typing shift 1-4, but that just makes me eat more food. The same thing happens with Alt 1-4, Crtl 1-4, and Fn 1-4. Has anyone figured out how to detonate bombs? Thank you.

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#2

So I got this to work by:

  1. realizing a controller and a keyboard are 2 different things. The Retropad model will not support key strokes. So I bought a cheap BT keypad to implement the numbers and rshift-numbers needed by Dandy.
  2. used the Atari 400/800 core to get 4 controllers to work.
  3. Changed the controller to use the analog joysticks as a Dpad (but you can still use the Dpad if you want to).
  4. turned on Game Focus so the keystrokes go to Dandy and not to Retroarch.

It all works great now!

#3

I couldn’t edit the reply above so here it is rephrased in a better way:

So I got this to work by:

  1. Realizing the Retropad cannot be a controller AND keyboard at the same time. So I bought a cheap BT keyboard to implement the keystrokes required by Dandy.
  2. Using the Atari 400/800 core to get all 4 controllers to work.
  3. Editing the controllers to use the analog joysticks as a Dpad (not required but I find it easier to shoot/move diagonally with joysticks, but you can still use the Dpad if you want to).
  4. Turning on Game Focus (hotkey l-shift) so the keystrokes go to Dandy and not to Retroarch.

It all works great now!